"I was reading the dictionary. I thought
it was a poem about everything."
                     --Steven Wright

Appropriate Preposition:

  • Absent from ( অনুপস্থিত ) Rifat was absent from college.
  • Prior to ( পূর্বে ) Prior to that, he was in a wretched condition.
  • Junior to ( নিম্নপদস্থ ; বয়সে কম ) He is junior to me in service.
  • Lack of ( অভাব ) I have no lack of friends.
  • Offensive to ( বিরক্তিকর ) This acrid smell is offensive to me.
  • Vary from ( আলাদা হওয়া ) His opinion varies from his brother's.

Idioms:

  • All on a sudden ( হঠাৎ ) All on a sudden a tiger came out of the bush.
  • loose cannon ( অপ্রত্যাশিত ) He is a bit of a loose cannon.
  • Fall flat ( ফলপ্রসূ না হওয়া ) My advice feel fiat on him.
  • Fight shy ( এড়িয়ে চলা ) Why do you fight shy of your teacher.
  • slap on the wrist ( মৃদু শাস্তি ) Although he broke the rules, he was only given a slap on the wrist
  • Call a spade a spade ( অপ্রিয় সত্য কথা বলা ) I have no hesitation to call a spade a spade.